Axel Rudakubana, who committed the 2024 Southport attack, has been sentenced to life, with a minimum of 52 years behind bars. He pleaded guilty to 16 charges last month, including murder, attempted murder, and terrorism offences. The atrocity occurred on 29 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside. Rudakubana, then 17, attacked the 25 children present with a kitchen knife, claiming the lives of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine. Eight other children and two adults were also injured. Impact statements were read at the sentencing, which Rudakubana had to be removed from for screaming. The parents of Alice said, ‘We will miss our perfect baby girl forever. Her energy, contagious smile, assertive confidence and undeterred determination to find herself,…